The sacred Readers of the Wheat declare final judgment on Karic's life and his validity to fulfill the Prophecy within the heart of the Great Ash Tree. While Templar rivals Pilot and Cassius each face the ancient vengeance of bats. And Rat Captain Tosk's slave train arrives at the capital city of the mice at last, Dealrach Ard-Vale--the Shining City--where rats, mice & weasels live together in peace... all under the cold and baleful gaze of King Icarus and his court.